There will also be free drop-in Christmas crafts and activities taking place at Santa's Workshop in the Art Department from December 9 to 10 and December 16 to 17. There will also be a number of free family activities as part of Paisley First's Big Christmas Weekends including Paisley's Angels and Elves Christmas Trail, Christmas Market (Saturday, December 2) and children's street entertainers. To mark the beginning of the month-long festive activity taking place in the town centre, the Provost, along with the Christmas card competition winner, will turn on the Christmas lights at 5.30pm on Thursday, November 30. The winners are also offered the opportunity to switch on the Christmas lights in either Paisley, Johnstone or Renfrew. The festive celebrations will be widespread throughout Renfrewshire with Renfrew's Christmas lights switch-on event taking place on Saturday, November 25 in Robertson Park and Johnstone Christmas lights switch-on event happening the following weekend on Saturday, December 2, in Houstoun Square.

Source: The Times October 01, 2023 05:09 UTC